Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-01-01
L. A. & s. G.. V. R'Y
The New Orange Belt Rail
way Line.
OUR SCENIC ROUTE.
i Great Enterprise Well Under
Way and Being Pushed to
Completion Rapidly.

doubted its success, and several loca
capitalists of excellent Judgment wer'
not prepared to back their faith by IN
v6utments for construction and equip
meut which might involve considerable
ioss of interest before the final success
was attained. The gentlemen who are
entitled to the credit Of furnishing the
means and faith necessary to the pro-
notioa and building of the road no doub'
feel already repaid beyond expectation.
for the investment made and work done
by them.
Nr.J. F. Crank, its president, brought
10 the enterprise large financial expe'
rieace; and combining with him the val.
uable engineering knowledge aud practi-
cal experience in the construction of
railroads and bridges in the east Of Mr..
s. p. Jevett, the present general mana.
ger. the work was begun in March, of
1885. which resulted in the formal open.
ing Of the road on September l7tb, of the
same year, to Pasadena. 1t has since
been extended to the Duarte, twenty
miles, and the Sar Gabriel river. to
which point trains are now running.
Ih effect in developing the beautiful
S 4 Gabriel valley has been remarkable.
IA the former business. which seemed
accommodated by the two passenger
5stages, is only now satisfied with the
running of i've passenger trains regu.
larly each way per day, and extra trains
on three days in the week. As local
road. with owners resident among us
and personally and closely identified
with our interests, in has been, no
doubt, q greater benefit to our
country than if built through the
region traversed by either of the trunk
lines whi,h now figure SO often in the
daily journals as desirous. OF acquiring
it, or as probable PURCHASERS. There is
nothing in the antecedents OF great cor
pora!ions which would lead one to be-
Iieve that OF this time the people of
Pasadena and the neighboring towns
would have been ccomodated IN ore
generously and liberal : by them Tran
they are now. Thr road now makes
nineteen stops ip .senty miles, and very
attractive pay ger stations are erected
at all points ere the business requires.
It 10 o large purchaser of supplies in the
home markets, and gives employment
to about one hundred and fifty men now
on the pay rolls. The disbursements
for supplies and salaries amount to about
six thousand dollars monthly, which in
it's successive movements and ramifica-
tions through the hands of tradesmen
give rise to very largo business and
support incidentally to thousands of in-
dividuais.
The effect Of the''Orange Belt Route, /"
q it 10 referred to in the legend adopted
the road for its folders, in develop.
&1g the country. is marvellous example
Of the effect of railroad building. Pasa-
depe's growth .has-been phenomenal.
d-th6 increase of its population
Z d business the other towns along the
ke from South Pasadena to its termin.
nre not far behind. The name is
h applied. as the orange groves of
sadena, Roses, Sierra Madre, Bald.
as Chapman's, and Duarte, directly
butary and adjacent to it, repre-.
t probably some five hundred car
,~., rs out Of the total of shipments
III Me from the orange district of South
uCalifornia.
Lthe tonnage and passenger statistics
of this road show that during the cur.
rent year from January lst, 1886, the
freight carried amounted to "a, 1870
tons; showing continuous growth of
from fifteen hundred tons in January to
5000 tons in December of this year.
The city Of Pasadena now regularly re-
Quires some two to three carloads of
merchandise daily and from five to ten
ears of lumber. The number of passen.
gers carried eastward over the line
during the same period was SO ego,
and westward sc, ,620. o total ofl76 $50.
The preponderance of the passengers
eatried eastward will be noted, and this
fact in connection with the tremendous
indkease in freight traffic better illus.
rtretes the permanent growth of that part
p;.se San Gabriel valley traversed
~ this popular line, than any other
that could be named. The rates of
freight are reasonable; and for passen.
ger fare four cents per mile maximum
for single tickets, three cents for round
trips, and at rates for commuters which
even now cause their use to very large
extent but which the management pro.
pose TO reduce at an early date. 1t is
expected that the towns along its line,
as Suburbs Of Los Angeles, easily reac ned.
will ultimately become the residence of
numbers of its professional men, mer.
-ehsnts, clerks and others.
The direct effect of the great travel
over the s. G. v. X. R., the demand for
temporary accommodations by travellers
and home.seekers. has been the compile.
pletion within year of the numerous
splendid hotels which induced the Ray.
mond. Carleton and Crown. built at
PAssdepa, the Grand View At Monrovia,
Garvanso Park and others, while now
erecting or in immediate completion. are
the hotels ct South Pasadena, Sierra
Hadre aud Duarte. They represent &C.
sommodation for over thousand guests,
and this will, from present signs. fail to
suffice for the crowd who find in the San
Gabriel valley the promise of health.
yest. and heightened lives.
In the hands Of those in charge of the
departments of freight and passenger
frafio the road Is most deservedly popu.
Sar.
;;Its position with respect to the trunk
'"iue H. ethis point is that of an absolute
~ receiving and running the
Su.s or local cars of both on equal
~sl IN Z The overland lines act upon
ia ~ nprinciple in making the rates on
sn. Wlnr Il and other fruits for eastern
u;3 Ws.3 bts the same as Los Angeles from
's.;,S.t rrI ms ON the San Gabriel Valley
Th;s .si.
In. 1n Il interest has been excit.
s1T TS1 S1 or late by the prevalent ru-
,,... I dr. the absorption OF this road by
Ss Ate other of the trunk lines; but
asc.3 mrre seems to be no foundation
In lief that the road has been
a""4 Su4 ldrys has an unquestioned value.
lasts power of earning revenue,
7eSs ycout mere cost of CONSTRUCTION,
Hers who have ventured their
"v1Selthe enterprise urge their right